Chip Barnett is a journalist with almost 50 years of professional experience. He started his career at the Gannett Newspapers in Westchester County, N.Y., working his way up from back-shop compositor to Senior News Editor. Barnett later worked for Thomson Reuters in Manhattan, covering state and local government finance as a Reporter and later Executive Editor for TM3.com and as Editor in Charge of Municipal Finance for Reuters News. Later, he was the Editor of Municipal Finance Today at SourceMedia. Barnett has also worked for DebtWire/Municipals and has written about commercial real estate in South Florida and the Midwest for both The Real Deal and Globe Street. Barnett is currently a Reporter at The Bond Buyer.
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Municipal bond traders are awaiting the start of this week's new issue sales.
June 13 -
Top-rated municipal bonds ended weaker on Monday even as traders anticipated demand for the week’s new issue slate.
June 12 -
Top-rated municipal bonds were weaker at midday as traders eagerly await the new issue slate to start rolling in.
June 12 -
Municipal market participants are eagerly awaiting the new issue slate to start rolling, as issuance is expected to be around the weekly average.
June 12 -
The New York City Transitional Finance Authority plans to sell about $850 million of tax-exempt fixed rate bonds on Wednesday, June 21, after a two-day retail order period.
June 9 -
Demand for municipals in the primary market should stay strong as volume is set to remain close to the yearly per-week average.
June 9 -
Top shelf municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session,, according to traders, who were making preparations to tackle next week's calendar. Ipreo estimates next week's volume at $6.01 billion, consisting of $4.94 billion of negotiated deals and $1.08 billion of competitive sales.
June 9 -
Municipal bond traders are taking a breather on Friday after a heavy slate of new issues priced this week. Traders will be eyeing market volatility which saw yields see-sawing back and forth.
June 9 -
Top quality municipal bonds ended weaker on Thursday, according to traders, as the last big supply of the week hit the market.
June 8 -
New York City has become the first pension system in the nation to have totally divested its holdings in private prison companies, NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer said on Thursday.
June 8 -
Top quality municipal bonds were weaker at mid-session, according to traders, as the last big supply of the week started to hit the market on Thursday.
June 8 -
Municipal bond traders are set for the last big supply of the week to hit the market on Thursday.
June 8 -
Top-rated municipal bonds finished flat on Wednesday as the city of Chicago retuned to the market with a new water deal.
June 7 -
Municipal bonds were mixed at mid-session as traders awaited the return of the Windy City to the new issue sector.
June 7 -
Municipal bond traders will see the return of the Windy City to the new issue sector as they offer a water deal one day after coming to market with a wastewater deal.
June 7 -
The Fixed Income Analysts Society will induct Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine Capital, and Dana Emery, CEO of Dodge & Cox, into its Hall of Fame on June 22.
June 6 -
The city of Chicago’s wastewater deal received a warm reception in a strengthening municipal market on Tuesday. as the first of the week’s supply was priced.
June 6 -
The New York City Council on Tuesday approved the city’s $85.2 billion fiscal 2018 budget. The vote at City Hall confirmed the accord reached last Friday between Mayor Bill De Blasio and the City Council, the earliest agreement on a budget since 1992.
June 6 -
Municipal bonds were stronger at midday as the first of the week’s new issue supply hit the screens.
June 6 -
Robert D. Gordon joins the law firm of Jenner & Block as a partner in its restructuring and bankruptcy practice. He will be based in New York City.
June 6
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